Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals (8:15 pm ET, FS-M)
Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals get ready for the duel in Game 1 (8:15 pm ET, FS-M) on Friday, at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri. The Brewers have a 22-32 home, 14-16 away record whereas Cardinals have a 31-23 away, 17-9 home record.
Over the past two years, at home, the Milwaukee Brewers have been troubling the St. Louis Cardinals. With Adam Wainwright on the mound, they have every reason to be confident. This season, at Busch Stadium, Wainwright looks to remain unbeaten.
With a 4-1 win over the Reds on Wednesday night making for some very intetesting baseball betting, St. Louis (31-23) has pulled into a tie with Cincinnati for first place in the NL Central. Cardinals have five wins in seven games. At Busch Stadium, against the Brewers, St. Louis has dropped four straight and 13 of 16, posting a 5.02 ERA. Wainwright (7-3, 2.28 ERA) has a 2.10 ERA in winning each of his four starts at home. He is going 1-1 with a 2.28 ERA, and is 5-3 with a 2.40 ERA in his 11 career outings against the Brewers.
During a seven-game hitting streak, Matt Holliday has also had a strong run, batting .520 (13 for 25) with eight walks, no strikeouts and six RBIs. Versus the Brewers, he is hitting .408 with 10 homers, 8 doubles and 29 RBIs in 37 games.
The veteran left-hander for Milwaukee, Randy Wolf (4-4, 4.46) has yielded two runs in five innings of a 10-4 loss to New York on Sunday and he is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last two outings. Versus the Cardinals, Wolf is 3-5 with a 3.55 ERA in 11 starts. He lost in all three of his outings at St. Louis even though he has a 4.82 ERA. At St. Louis, Braun is hitting .385 with18 RBIs in 21 games and 5 homers at St. Louis. At Busch Stadium, Brewers slugger Prince Fielder is 7 for 18 (.389) in his last five games.
